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The following is a list of the first women to serve as
mayor of their respective
municipalities .
1900s
Dr. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman elected mayor in England
1906
Lady
Margaret Dockrell , first women chair of the Urban District Council of
Monkstown , Ireland, United Kingdom
[1]
1908
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson , first woman mayor in England and first female mayor of
Aldeburgh , United Kingdom
[2]
1910s
Gwenllian Morgan was the first woman to serve as mayor in Wales.
Clara C. Munson was the first woman elected mayor in Oregon in the 20th century.
Imaginative drawing by reporter
Marguerite Martyn of Mayor
Ella Wilson of
Hunnewell, Kansas , her supporters and opponents, with a photo. The all-male city council was attempting to remove her. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3 September 1911
Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman mayor in the South
1910
Sarah Lees , first woman mayor of
Oldham , in Lancashire, England
[3]
Gwenllian Morgan , first woman mayor of
Brecon , Wales, United Kingdom
first woman mayor in Wales
[4]
1911
Kate F. O'Connor , first woman mayor of
Arcadia, Illinois , United States
[5]
Ella Wilson , first woman mayor of
Hunnewell, Kansas
[6]
1912
Clara C. Munson , first woman mayor of
Warrenton , Oregon, United States
also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the
equal suffrage law in Oregon.
[7] Some sources, including
The Daily Astorian , erroneously call Munson the first woman elected mayor in Oregon, however, that distinction belongs to Alice E. Burns who was elected mayor of Florence, Oregon in 1895.
[8]
Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain , first woman mayor of
Kanab, Utah , United States
Susan Wissler , mayor of
Dayton, Wyoming , United States
Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming
[9]
1913
H.C. Defenhaugh, first woman elected mayor in
Tyro, Kansas , United States
[10]
1914
Clara Latourell Larsson , first woman elected mayor of
Troutdale, Oregon , United States
[11]
1915
Angela Rose Canfield , first woman mayor of
Warren, Illinois , United States
[12]
Estelle Lawton Lindsey , first woman to execute the duties of
Mayor of Los Angeles , California, United States
it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor
Henry H. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.
[13]
1916
Ellen French Aldrich , first woman elected mayor of
Sawtelle , United States
[14]
C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of
Lone Rock, Colorado , United States
was appointed by the city council
[15]
Mary Alice Partington, first woman mayor of
Glossop , in
Derbyshire
.
[16]
[17]
1917
Avis Francis , first woman mayor of
Valley Center, Kansas , United States
[18]
Ophelia "Birdie" Crosby Harwood, mayor of
Marble Falls, Texas , United States
also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.
[19]
Marian Newhall Horwitz , first woman who served as mayor of
Moore Haven, Florida , United States
[20]
also first woman mayor in Florida
Laura Jane Starcher , first woman elected mayor of
Umatilla, Oregon , United States
[21]
1918
Blanch Shelley , first woman elected mayor of
Sandy, Oregon , United States
[22]
Maria Skobtsova , first woman mayor in the Russian Empire and first female mayor of
Anapa , Russia
[23]
1919
Helen B. Coe , first woman elected mayor of
Langley, Washington , United States
was elected with an all-woman city council
[24]
Ada Summers, first woman elected mayor of
Stalybridge , in
Cheshire , England
[25]
1920s
The front page of the Flemish magazine Pallieter depicting Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, the first woman mayor in Belgium, as illustrated by Jos De Swerts.
Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman elected mayor in a major American city following her election as
Mayor of Seattle in 1926.
Alzira Soriano (center) was the first woman to serve as mayor in Brazil. She held the position of Mayor of Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte from 1929 to 1930.
1920
Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of
Jewett, Texas , United States,
[26]
Ellen Chapman, first woman elected mayor of
Worthing , in West Sussex, England
[27]
Lula V. Coleman first woman mayor of
Jena, Louisiana , United States
Coleman, who was serving as deputy sheriff of
LaSalle Parish , was appointed mayor by Governor
John M. Parker , making her the first woman to serve as mayor in Louisiana
[28]
Nora Gammon , first woman mayor of
Thebes, Illinois , United States
[29]
[30]
Louise Fussman, mayor
Humboldt, Kansas , United States
[30]
Grace B. Lampshire , first woman elected mayor of
Burns, Oregon , United States
also the first woman elected mayor in Oregon by
write-in vote
[31]
Grace Miller , first woman elected mayor of
Jackson, Wyoming , United States
[32]
Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of
Mayor of Portland, Oregon , United States
Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of
George Luis Baker for five minutes
[33]
1921
Ellen M. Anderson , first woman mayor of
Lantana, Florida , United States
[34]
Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt , first woman elected mayor of
Gheluvelt , Belgium
also the first woman elected mayor in Belgium
Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of
St. Peter, Minnesota , United States
also the first woman to serve as mayor in
Minnesota
[35]
[36]
Christiana Hartley, first woman elected mayor of
Southport , in Lancashire, England
[27]
Amy A. Kaukonen , first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, United States
[37]
[38]
[39]
Mayme Ousley , first woman elected mayor of
St. James, Missouri , United States
Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of
Missouri
Mary Peterson , first woman elected mayor of
Red Cloud, Nebraska , United States
[40]
Florence J. Pierce , the first woman elected mayor of
Goodhue, Minnesota , United States
[41]
Dolly Spencer , first woman elected mayor of
Milford, Ohio , United States
[42]
Alice Harrell Strickland , first woman elected mayor of
Duluth, Georgia , United States
Strickland was the first woman elected mayor in the state of
Georgia
[43]
[44]
Clara Winterbotham, first woman elected mayor of
Cheltenham , in Gloucestershire, England
[27]
1922
Beatrice Anna Cartwright, first woman elected mayor of Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
[45]
Dr.
Josie Rogers , first woman mayor of
Daytona, Florida , United States
[46]
Ada Salter , Mayor of
Bermondsey , first woman mayor in London
[47]
Maude R. Satterthwaite , first woman mayor of
Stonewall, North Carolina , United States
[48]
1923
Catherine Alderton , first woman mayor of
Colchester , England, United Kingdom
[49]
Emma J. Harvat , first woman elected mayor of
Iowa City, Iowa , United States
first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants
[50]
Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of
Magnetic Springs, Ohio , United States
was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.
[51]
Janet Stancomb-Wills , first woman mayor of
Ramsgate , England, United Kingdom
[52]
1924
Kathrine M. Cowan , first woman mayor of
Wilmington, North Carolina , United States
[53]
Lucy Dales , first woman elected mayor of
Dunstable , England, United Kingdom
[54]
Jesse Elwyn Nelson , first woman elected mayor of
Signal Hill, California , United States
also Signal Hill's first mayor
[55]
Edwina Benner , first woman elected mayor of
Sunnyvale, California , United States
Carrie Maude Eve, first woman elected mayor of
Stoke Newington , in London, England
[56]
Alice U. Kerr , first woman elected mayor of
Edmonds, Washington , United States
[57]
Ethel Leach , first woman elected mayor of
Great Yarmouth , in Norfolk, England
[56]
Mary Mercer , first woman elected mayor of
Birkenhead , in Cheshire, England
[56]
Matilde Pérez Mollá , first woman elected mayor in
Spain , (city of
Gorga, Spain )
Mildred Putnam , first woman elected mayor of
Stoutsville, Missouri , United States
[58]
1925
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson , first woman elected mayor in South Carolina and first woman elected mayor of
Johnsonville, South Carolina .
Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in
New Jersey , United States
,
[59]
first mayor and founder of
Estell Manor
[60]
Maude Duncan , first woman elected mayor of
Winslow, Arkansas , United States
[61]
Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in
Louisiana , United States
[62]
1926
Mattle Chandler , first woman mayor of
Richmond, California , United States
[63]
Bertha Knight Landes , first woman
Mayor of Seattle, Washington , United States
first woman mayor of a major American city
[64]
Aasa Helgesen , first woman elected mayor of
Utsira and first female mayor in
Norway
1927
Alzira Soriano de Souza , first female appointed mayor in Brazil
also first female mayor of
Lages
Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in
Arizona , mayor of
Casa Grande, Arizona , United States
[65]
Margaret Beavan , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Liverpool , England, United Kingdom
first woman lord mayor in the United Kingdom
Lucia Foster Welch , first woman elected Mayor of
Southampton , England, United Kingdom
1928
Leah Arcouet Chiles , first woman elected mayor of
Kenilworth Park, North Carolina , United States
[66]
Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of
Brooksville, Florida , United States
Ella L. Maddocks , first woman mayor of
Owls Head, Maine , United States
"mayor" was an honorary title chosen by the Owls Head Select Committee
[67]
May B. Hopkins , first woman elected mayor of
Redondo Beach, California , United States
[68]
Alzira Soriano , first woman elected mayor in Latin America, mayor of
Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil
1929
Emily Jones , first woman elected mayor of
Eureka, California , United States
[69]
Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of
Candor (village), New York , United States
[70]
Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office
[71]
1930s
Alicia Cañas Zañartu was the first woman popularly elected in Chile.
Australia's first woman mayor was Lilian Fowler who began her tenure as mayor of Newtown in 1938.
1930
A. F. Board, first woman elected
Mayor of Watford , England, United Kingdom
[72]
Sadiye Hanım , first woman elected mayor in
Turkey when elected for
Kılıçkaya in
Artvin
Essie Ward , first woman elected mayor of
King City, Missouri , United States
[73]
Luiza Zavloschi , first woman elected mayor in
Romania when elected for
Buda (Bogdănești)
1931
Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert chosen to fill the office of her husband as mayor of
Weehawken, New Jersey
[74]
Miriam Moses , first woman elected mayor of
Stepney , England, United Kingdom
[75]
also the first Jewish woman mayor in the United Kingdom
Phenie Lou Ownby , first woman elected mayor of
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma , United States
[76]
Julia Platt , first woman elected mayor of
Pacific Grove, California , United States
[77]
Grace Prescott , first woman elected mayor of
Godmanchester , England, United Kingdom
[78]
1932
Stella Alexander , first woman elected mayor of
Issaquah, Washington , United States
[79]
Edna Allen , first woman elected mayor of
Jefferson, Oregon , United States
[80]
Elsie Kimber , first woman elected mayor of
Newbury , England, United Kingdom
[81]
June G. Olsen , first woman elected mayor of
Ekalaka, Montana , United States
[82]
1933
Elena Azcuy , first woman mayor of
Consolación del Norte , Cuba
[83]
Azcuy was the first woman to serve as mayor of a Cuban municipality.
Doris W. Bradway , first woman mayor of
Wildwood, New Jersey , United States
[84]
Lily Sophia Tawney , first woman elected
mayor of Oxford , England, United Kingdom
in 1960, the title was changed to Lord Mayor of Oxford.
Clara Marie Emma Heiser , first woman elected mayor of
Ellsworth, Kansas , United States
[85]
1934
Mrs. Solomon S. Youmans, first woman mayor of
Oak Park, Georgia , United States
[86]
1935
Alicia Cañas , first female elected mayor in Chile, the first of
Providencia
Louise Bucks , first woman elected mayor of
Waconia, Minnesota , United States
[87]
1936
Ella M. Amdahl , first woman elected mayor of
Hingham, Montana , United States
[88]
Aurora Mesa Andraca , first woman mayor of
Chilpancingo , Mexico
[89]
Barbara Hanley , first woman elected mayor in Canada when elected to office in
Webbwood, Ontario
[90]
Evalina Herd , first woman elected mayor of
Kevin, Montana , United States
[91]
Ann Eliza Longden , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Sheffield , England, United Kingdom
1937
Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson , first woman elected mayor of
Kyle, Texas , United States
[92]
Ines V. Serion , the first woman elected mayor in
Philippines —elected in
Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental
Kathrine Wykle , mayor of
Clyde, New York , United States
also the first woman mayor in New York
[93]
1938
Nellie Babcock , first woman mayor of
Rochester, Indiana , United States
[94]
Lilian Fowler , first woman mayor in Australia, at
Newtown
[95]
Lady Gwladys Delamere , first woman mayor of
Nairobi ,
Kenya Colony (today Kenya)
[96]
Nettie Terrill , first woman elected mayor of
Dixon, Wyoming , United States
Terrill ran unopposed
[97]
1939
Kathleen Clarke , first woman
Lord Mayor of Dublin , Ireland
Graciela Contreras , first woman elected mayor in
Santiago , Chile
Alice Burke , first woman elected as mayor in
New England —in
Westfield, Massachusetts , United States
[98]
1940s
1940
Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle , first woman mayor of
Englewood, Tennessee , United States
[99]
[100]
1941
Elsie Chamberlain , first woman mayor of
Bangor, Gwynedd , Wales, United Kingdom
[101]
Marie Elizabeth May Bell , first woman mayor of
Windhoek ,
South West Africa (today Namibia)
Edna Annie Crichton , first woman
Lord Mayor of York , England, United Kingdom
1942
Gladys Maasdorp , first woman mayor of
Salisbury ,
Southern Rhodesia (today
Harare , Zimbabwe)
Jessie Beatrice Kitson, first woman
Lord Mayor of Leeds , England, United Kingdom
took office after the previous male holder, Arthur Clark, died in office
Jessie Reed , first woman elected mayor of
Seal Beach, California , United States
[102]
1943
Edith May Greenan , first woman to serve as mayor of
Avalon, New Jersey , United States
[103]
Nellie Grace Ibbott , first woman mayor of
Heidelberg, Victoria , Australia
[104]
1944
Mary Carey Dondero , first woman mayor of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire , United States
[105]
[106]
1945
Mary Carey Dondero , first woman mayor of
Portsmouth, New Hampshire , United States
[107]
Ursula Meisterernst , first woman mayor of
Arnstadt , Germany
Meisterernst was the first woman to serve as mayor in Germany.
Mabel Nielsen , first woman mayor of
Panguitch, Utah , United States
[108]
Odette Roux , first woman mayor of
Les Sables-d'Olonne and the first woman mayor in France
Walker, first woman mayor of
Lisle (village), New York , United States
[109]
1946
Virginia Oteyza-De Guia , first woman mayor of
Baguio , Philippines
[110]
Doris Barnes , first woman elected mayor of
Wrangell, Alaska , United States
[111]
Truus Smulders-Beliën , first woman mayor of
Oost-, West- en Middelbeers and the first woman mayor in
Netherlands
Luise Albertz , first woman elected mayor in
Oberhausen and the first elected female mayor (Oberbürgermeisterin) in Germany
Felisa Rincón de Gautier , first woman mayor of
San Juan, Puerto Rico
first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil
Ninetta Bartoli , first woman mayor in Italy and first female mayor in
Sardinia .
[112]
[113]
1947
Juliet M. Gregory , first woman elected mayor of
Missoula, Montana , United States
[114]
Mary Kingsmill Jones , first elected female
Lord Mayor of Manchester , England, United Kingdom
Louise Schroeder , first female mayor of
Berlin , Germany
1948
Zenzi Hölzl , first female mayor of
Gloggnitz and also the first female mayor in
Austria
Belle Cooledge , first female mayor of
Sacramento , California, United States
Mildred Stark , first female mayor of East Detroit (now
Eastpointe), Michigan
[115]
also first female mayor in Michigan
1949
Gertrude A. Richardson , first woman mayor of
Taree , New South Wales, Australia
[116]
also the first woman mayor of a municipality in New South Wales
Beryl Archibald Crichlow , first female mayor of
San Fernando , and the first woman elected mayor in
Trinidad and Tobago
Dorothy McCullough Lee , first woman mayor of
Portland, Oregon , United States
Edith P. Welty , first woman
Mayor of Yonkers , New York, United States
[117]
Salawati Daud , first woman mayor of
Makassar , Indonesia and the first female mayor in
Indonesia
Bertha Trim , first woman elected mayor of
Plainview, Minnesota , United States
[118]
1950s
1950
Dorothy Davis , first woman mayor of
Washington, Virginia , United States
[119]
Kathleen Harper , first woman to serve as mayor of
Bath , England, United Kingdom
[120]
Jacquetta Marshall , first woman mayor of
Plymouth , England, United Kingdom
Dorothy Painter Crawford , first woman elected mayor in
Mississippi ,
Madison, Mississippi
[121]
Erika Keck , first woman elected mayor in
Ahrensburg and the first elected female mayor (Bürgermeisterin) in Germany
Katharine Elkus White , first woman mayor of
Red Bank, New Jersey , United States
Müfide İlhan , first woman elected mayor in Turkey and of
Mersin
Augustine Magdalena Waworuntu , first woman mayor of
Manado , Indonesia
[122]
Rohana Muthalib , first woman mayor of
Pontianak , Indonesia
[123]
1951
Blanche Barkl , first woman mayor of
Bankstown , New South Wales, Australia
[124]
Miriam Cummings , first woman elected mayor of
Mill Valley, California , United States
Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky and
Maysville, Kentucky , United States
Emily L. Perry , first woman mayor of
Floyd, Iowa , United States
[125]
Charlotte Whitton , first woman elected mayor of
Ottawa , Ontario, Canada
Olga Maturana , first woman elected
Mayor of Pichilemu , Chile
Vera Martucci , first woman appointed mayor of
Teterboro, New Jersey , United States
[126]
1952
Violet Grantham , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , England, United Kingdom
Alice S. Johnson , first woman elected mayor of
Boston, Lincolnshire , England, United Kingdom
Martha Priscilla Shaw , first woman elected Mayor of
Sumter, South Carolina , United States
[127]
1953
Elsie Gibbons , first woman elected mayor of an municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec
[128]
Agnes Israelson , first woman elected mayor in
Thief River Falls, Minnesota , United States
1954
Dorothy Porter , first woman elected mayor in
Nevada and first woman elected mayor of
North Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
[129]
Dorothy N. Dolbey , first woman elected mayor in
Cincinnati , Ohio, United States
[130]
Emílie Knotková , first woman elected mayor in
Liberec , Czechoslovakia
Olive Louise Urquhart , first woman mayor of
Pointe-Claire , Quebec, Canada
[131]
also the first woman mayor in Quebec
Adela Van Severen , first woman mayor of
Santa Tecla, El Salvador
also the first woman mayor in the country
[132]
1955
Ragina Balas , first woman elected mayor of
Ferry Village, New York , United States
[133]
Jane Forrester , first woman elected mayor of
Belleville, Ontario , Canada
[134]
Maud Godsmark , first woman elected mayor of
Gatooma ,
Southern Rhodesia (now
Kadoma, Zimbabwe )
[135]
Alba Roballo , first woman elected to the (then collective) Municipal Council of
Montevideo, Uruguay
Mary Van Stevens , first woman elected mayor of
Heppner, Oregon , United States
[136]
1956
Maria Desylla-Kapodistria , first woman elected mayor in
Greece and of
Corfu (city)
Dorothy Edwards , first woman elected mayor in
Tasmania , Australia and of
Launceston
[137]
Hannah Levin , first woman mayor of
Rishon LeZion , Israel
Smt. Sulochana M. Modi , first woman elected mayor in
Mumbai , India
Myrth Sarvela , first woman elected mayor of
Sitka, Alaska , United States
[138]
Mary Estus Jones Webb , first woman to serve as Mayor-President of
Baton Rouge, Louisiana , United States
Winnifred Breward, first woman elected mayor of
West Hartlepool , United Kingdom
1957
Lolita Cass , first mayor of
Watkins Glen, New York , United States
[139]
Josephine Fey , first woman mayor in
Laramie, Wyoming , United States
[140]
Hulda Dóra Jakobsdóttir , first woman elected mayor in
Kópavogur and first female mayor in
Iceland
Elizabeth Hall , first woman mayor of
Sag Harbor, New York
[141]
Betty Potter , first woman mayor of
Mount Kisco, New York , United States
[142]
1958
Aruna Asaf Ali , first woman elected mayor in
Delhi , India
Tara Cherian , first woman elected mayor in
Chennai , India
Iris Winnifred King , first woman elected mayor in
Kingston, Jamaica
Aldamira Guedes Fernandes , first woman elected mayor in Brazil and also first female mayor of
Quixeramobim
Ester Roa , first woman elected mayor in
Concepción , Chile
Mary Pearce , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Leeds , England, United Kingdom
1959
Barbara Ashton , first woman elected mayor of
Que Que , Southern Rhodesia (today
Kwekwe , Zimbabwe)
[143]
Helena Evans, first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Cardiff , Wales, United Kingdom
Jane Dowdall , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Cork , Ireland
Joyce Newton-Thompson , first woman elected mayor of
Cape Town , South Africa
1960s
The first woman mayor in Queensland, Australia was Nellie Robinson who was mayor of Toowoomba from 1967 to 1981.
A statue depicting Taiwan's first woman mayor, Hsu Shih-hsien, who was first elected in 1968. She was elected for a second term in 1982.
1960
Auður Auðuns , first woman mayor of
Reykjavík , Iceland
Dame Jean Roberts , first woman
Lord Provost of Glasgow , Scotland, United Kingdom
first woman lord provost. "Provost" is used instead of "mayor" in
Scotland
Margot Brett , first woman
mayor of
Bulawayo , Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe)
Bessie Bicknell, first woman mayor of
Bournemouth , England, United Kingdom
1961
Barbara Saben , first woman mayor of
Kampala , Uganda
May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of
Johnson City, Tennessee , United States
[144]
Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of
Masaryktown, Florida , United States
Myrtle Reed , first woman mayor of
Grand River, Ohio , United States
1962
Eleanor P. Sheppard , first woman elected mayor of
Richmond, Virginia , United States
[145]
Leonida Tămaș , first woman mayor of
Timișoara , Romania
1963
Teena Clifton , first woman mayor of
Rolling Hills, California , United States
[146]
Florence E. Douglas , first woman elected mayor of
Vallejo, California , United States
[147]
Marian Erdmann , first woman elected mayor of
Great Falls, Montana , United States
[148]
Ann Hitch Kilgore , first woman mayor of
Hampton, Virginia , United States
Anita Fernandini de Naranjo , first woman mayor of
Lima , Peru
Florence Mills Brown , first woman elected
lord mayor of Bristol , England, United Kingdom
1964
Lenore Bishop , first woman mayor of
Mount Gambier, South Australia , Australia
also first woman mayor in
South Australia
[149]
Vera Kolarič , first woman mayor of
Maribor (present
Slovenia )
Margaret H. Prickett , first woman elected mayor of
Mishawaka, Indiana , United States
[150]
1965
Norma O. Walker , first woman mayor of
Aurora, Colorado , United States
Annie Major , first elected female Lord mayor of
Kingston upon Hull , England, United Kingdom
Florence Kathleen Lower , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Oxford , England, United Kingdom
Maxine Patterson , first woman elected mayor of
Edgerton, Wyoming , United States
[151]
Grace Onyango , first woman elected mayor of
Kisumu, Kenya
also the first African woman who was a mayor of an African city
[152]
1966
Katherine Green , became the first female mayor of Eureka Spring, Arkansas.
Constance Cummings-John , first appointed woman mayor of
Freetown , Sierra Leone
Bernice Stokke , first woman mayor of
Petersburg, Alaska , United States
[153]
1967
Norma Villareal de Zambrano , first woman mayor in Mexico
Ann Uccello , first woman mayor of
Hartford, Connecticut , United States
Grace Hartman , first woman mayor of
Sudbury , Ontario, Canada
Janet Wesonga , first woman mayor of
Mbale , Uganda
Mary "Peggy" Kerr , first woman mayor of
Sayreville, New Jersey , United States
was elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in
New Jersey
Nellie Robinson , first woman mayor of
Toowoomba , Queensland, Australia
also the first woman mayor in Queensland
[154]
Marie Madoé Sivomey , first woman mayor of
Lomé , Togo
also the first woman mayor in the country
[155]
1968
Silvia Boza , first woman mayor of
Las Condes , Chile
Lise Girardin , first woman
Mayor of Geneva , Switzerland
Hsu Shih-Hsien , first woman elected mayor of
Chiayi City and the first woman elected mayor in
Taiwan
[156]
Rena Parker , first woman mayor of
Corona, California , United States
[157]
Jean Robinson , first woman elected mayor of
Blackpool , England, United Kingdom
[158]
1969
Pilar Careaga Basabe , first woman mayor of
Bilbao , Spain
Eve Homeyer , first woman elected mayor of
Aspen, Colorado , United States
[159]
Viola Phillips , first woman mayor elected in
Loveland, Ohio , United States
also first woman mayor in
Hamilton County
[160]
1970s
Margaret Kenyatta was the first black woman to serve as Mayor of Nairobi, Kenya.
Luxembourg City elected its first woman mayor, Colette Flesch, in 1970.
In 1975, Ella Stack became the first woman elected Lord Mayor of Darwin, Australia
Unita Blackwell was the first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi. She served as mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi from 1976 to 2001.
On 4 December 1978, Dianne Feinstein was named acting mayor of San Francisco, making her the city's first woman mayor. In 1979, she ran and won as mayor making her the first elected woman to serve as mayor in San Francisco.
Jane Byrne was the first woman elected
Mayor of Chicago , Illinois in 1979.
1970
Margaret Kenyatta , first black female mayor of
Nairobi , Kenya
Dabir Azam Hosna , first woman elected mayor of
Babolsar , Iran
[161]
Colette Flesch , first woman elected mayor of
Luxembourg , Luxembourg
1971
Patience Latting , first woman elected mayor of
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , United States
[162]
Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.
[162]
Kathryn Kirschbaum , first woman elected mayor of
Davenport, Iowa , United States
[163]
Lorette Wood , first woman mayor of
Santa Cruz, California , United States
[164]
Norene Mosley , first woman elected mayor of
Polson, Montana , United States
[165]
1972
Mila Elaine Cameron , first woman elected mayor of
Point Comfort, Texas , United States
[166]
Ellen Walker Craig-Jones , first woman elected mayor of
Urbancrest, Ohio , United States
also the first African-American woman to be elected mayor by popular vote of a United States municipality.
Phyllis Loe , first woman elected
Lord mayor of Portsmouth , United Kingdom
Jane Bigelow , first woman mayor of
London, Ontario , Canada
Stella Harris Oaks , first woman to serve as mayor of
Vernal, Utah , United States
[167]
Oaks was served as acting mayor
Marian Perry Whitehurst , first woman mayor of
Chesapeake, Virginia , United States
1973
Jemima Cook , first woman elected mayor of
Twin Bridges, Montana , United States
[168]
Doris A. Davis , first woman mayor of
Compton, California , United States
Lelia Foley , first woman mayor of
Taft, Oklahoma
[169]
Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of
Keansburg, New Jersey , United States
Marjorie Alice Brown , first woman elected
Lord mayor of Birmingham , United Kingdom
Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of
Knoxville, Iowa , United States
Barbara Impellittiere , first woman elected mayor of
Cold Spring, New York , United States
[170]
Jane Tolmach first woman elected Mayor of
Oxnard, California , United States
1974
Diane L. Bervig, First elected Mayor of
Williston, North Dakota , United States
A chance meeting, a day of fun
Janet Gray Hayes , first woman elected
Mayor of San Jose, California , United States
[171]
Hayes was also the first female mayor of a major U.S. city with more than 500,000 residents.
[171]
Eleanor Kieliszek , first woman elected
Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey , United States
[172]
Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of
Walthourville, Georgia , United States
Anne Kaplan , first woman mayor of
Monticello, New York , United States
[173]
1975
Ruth Blankman , first woman elected mayor of
Canton, New York , United States
[174]
Helen Boosalis , first woman elected mayor of
Lincoln, Nebraska , United States
Mary Byrne , first woman elected mayor of
Galway , Ireland
Ione Christensen , first woman elected mayor of
Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada
Lila Cockrell , first woman elected mayor of
San Antonio , Texas, United States
Joy Cummings , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Newcastle (New South Wales) , Australia
Beth Finch , first woman elected mayor of
Fayetteville, North Carolina , United States
[175]
Betty Edmondson , first woman mayor of
Yakima, Washington , United States
[176]
Evelyn Helena Parker , first woman mayor of
Subiaco, Western Australia , Australia
also the first woman mayor in
Western Australia
[177]
Connie Ames Peters , first woman elected mayor of
Wichita, Kansas , United States
[178]
Jeannette Plambeck , first woman mayor of
Burns, Wyoming , United States
[179]
Eleanor A. Simpson , first woman elected mayor in
Old Westbury, New York , United States
also first woman elected mayor in
Nassau County, New York
[180]
Ella Stack , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Darwin , Australia
1976
Unita Blackwell , first African American woman elected mayor in
Mississippi , United States
served as Mayor of
Mayersville, Mississippi from 1976 to 2001
Sofía Medina de López , first woman elected mayor of
Medellín , Colombia
Adelina Rodriguez , first woman elected mayor of
Quezon City , Philippines
Margaret Hance , first woman elected
Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona , United States
[181]
Adlene Harrison , first woman mayor of
Dallas , Texas, United States
Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of
Arcadia, California , United States
[182]
[183]
Dorothy Wilken , first woman elected mayor of
Boca Raton, Florida , United States
[184]
Phyllis Sweeney , first woman elected mayor of
Laguna Beach, California , United States
[185]
1977
Maria Barnaby Greenwald , first woman elected mayor of
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
[186]
Isabella Cannon , first woman elected
mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina , United States
[187]
Eleanor Crouch , first woman elected mayor of
Santa Paula, California , United States
[188]
Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of
Everett Washington , United States
[189]
Carole Keeton Strayhorn , first woman elected mayor of
Austin, Texas , United States
Betty Marshall , first woman elected
Mayor of York, Pennsylvania , United States
[190]
Suzi Oppenheimer , first woman elected mayor of
Mamaroneck (village), New York , United States
[191]
Mathilde Schroyens , first woman elected mayor of
Antwerp , Belgium
1978
Dianne Feinstein , first woman and first person of
Jewish faith to serve as
Mayor of San Francisco , United States
Feinstein was appointed mayor on 4 December 1978 following the shooting death of her predecessor,
George Moscone . In 1979, she became the first woman elected Mayor of San Francisco.
Enma González , first elected female
Mayor of Vigo , Spain
Dusty Miller , first woman elected Mayor of
Thunder Bay , Ontario, Canada
Marjorie Carroll , first woman elected Mayor of
Waterloo, Ontario , Canada
Helen Wilkes , first woman to become
Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida , United States
[192]
Frances Prince , first woman to become mayor of
Thousand Oaks, California , United States
also served 1983 to 1984
[193]
1979
Núria Albó , first woman elected mayor of
La Garriga , Spain
Jane M. Byrne , first woman elected
Mayor of Chicago , Illinois, United States, United States
Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.
Clo Hoover , first woman elected mayor of
Santa Monica, California , United States
Delitha Kilgore , first woman elected mayor of
Lewiston, Idaho , United States
[194]
Virginia Smith , first woman mayor of
Ticonderoga, New Yorkk , United States
[195]
Regina Zokosky , first woman elected mayor of
Indio, California , United States
[196]
1980s
Kathryn J. Whitmire was the first woman elected Mayor of Houston, Texas in 1982.
The first woman mayor of Mayor of Auckland City, Catherine Tizard, was elected in 1983.
Sallyanne Atkinson was the first woman elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia in 1985.
Virginia Beach first elected Meyera Oberndorf mayor in 1988, making her the city's first woman mayor. She served in that capacity until 2009.
In 1989, Luiza Erundina became the first woman Mayor of São Paulo, Brazil.
In 1989, Strasbourg, France elected its first woman mayor, Catherine Trautmann.
1980
Janice Bateman , first woman mayor of
Berwick, Victoria , Australia
[197]
Sr. Carolyn Farrell , first woman elected mayor of
Dubuque, Iowa , United States
[198]
Farrell was the first
nun elected mayor in Iowa
Josephine Heckman , first woman elected mayor of
Pasadena, California , United States
[199]
Patricia Logan , first woman elected mayor of
Noblesville, Indiana , United States
Janet Smith , first woman elected mayor of
St. Albans (city), Vermont , United States
less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.
[200]
1981
Joy Burgess , first woman elected mayor of
Milwaukie, Oregon , United States
[201]
Ruth Burleigh , first woman elected mayor of
Bend, Oregon , United States
[202]
Juanita Crabb , first woman elected Mayor of
Binghamton, New York , United States
[203]
Eileen Anderson , first woman elected
Mayor of Honolulu , Hawaii, United States
Maria Barnaby Greenwald , first woman elected
Mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey , United States
previously served from 1977 to 1979 as chosen by city council
Violet Khouri , first woman elected mayor of
Kafr Yasif and the first female mayor in
Israel
Mary K. Shell , first woman elected mayor of
Bakersfield, California , United States
[204]
Deborah Ponder Baker , first woman mayor of
Hot Springs, North Carolina , United States
[205]
Dr. G. M. Wells , first woman elected mayor of
Enterprise, Kansas , United States
[206]
1982
Claudette Kaye McCrary , first woman elected mayor of
Casper, Wyoming , United States
[207]
Kathryn J. Whitmire , first woman elected mayor of
Houston, Texas , United States
Tina Tomlje , first woman mayor of
Ljubljana , present
Slovenia
Grace Bannister , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Belfast , United Kingdom
Patricia Rustad , first woman elected mayor of
Beaconsfield, Quebec , Canada
[208]
Kit Ward , first woman mayor of
Nuneaton and Bedworth , England, United Kingdom
[209]
Sue Marie Young , first woman elected mayor of
Richfield, Utah , United States
[210]
1983
Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of London , England, United Kingdom
Luiza Erundina , first woman elected mayor of
São Paulo , Brasil
Wendy Chapman , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Adelaide , Australia
Edith Henningsgaard , first woman elected mayor of
Astoria, Oregon , United States
Elizabeth Kishkon , first woman elected mayor of
Windsor, Ontario , Canada
Sue Miller , first woman elected mayor of
Salem, Oregon , United States
[211]
Eve Poole , first woman elected
mayor of Invercargill , New Zealand
Elda Pucci , first woman elected mayor of
Palermo , Italy
also the first female mayor of an Italian city
Catherine Tizard , first woman elected mayor of
Auckland , New Zealand
[212]
Helen Westberg , first woman mayor of
Carbondale, Illinois , United States
[213]
1984
Daurene Lewis , first black female mayor in
Nova Scotia , Canada (
Annapolis Royal )
[214]
Mary Kate Stovall , first female, first African American mayor of
Hurtsboro, Alabama , United States
Donna Owens , first woman elected Mayor of
Toledo, Ohio , United States
[215]
Karen Johnson , first woman elected mayor of
Schenectady, New York , United States
[216]
Elsie Wayne , first woman elected mayor of
Saint John, New Brunswick Canada
[217]
1985
Sallyanne Atkinson , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Brisbane , Australia
first woman member of the
Liberal Party of Australia to serve as Lord Mayor
[218]
Ella Bengel , first woman elected mayor of
New Bern, North Carolina , United States
[219]
Dee Donne , the first woman elected mayor of
Torrington, Connecticut , United States
[220]
Bogdana Glumac-Levakov , first woman elected mayor of
Zrenjanin , present Serbia
Shirley Huffman , first woman elected mayor of
Hillsboro, Oregon , United States
[221]
Lorna Kesterson , first woman elected mayor of
Henderson, Nevada , United States
[222]
Karen Kirby, first woman elected mayor of
Miami Shores, Florida , United States
[223]
[224]
Gerri Lynn O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of
Uxbridge, Ontario , Canada
[225]
Ann Pomykal , first woman elected mayor of
Lewisville, Texas , United States
[226]
Joan Barr , first woman elected mayor of
Evanston, Illinois , United States
[227]
Kristi M. Vetri , first woman elected mayor of
O'Fallon, Illinois , United States
[228]
1986
Julene Kennerly , first woman elected mayor of
Browning, Montana , United States
also the first Native American woman elected mayor in the United States
[229]
Alexis Ord , first woman elected mayor of
Lord Mayor of Melbourne , Australia
Gretchen Brewin , first woman elected mayor of
Victoria, British Columbia , Canada
Doone Kennedy , first woman elected
Lord Mayor of Hobart , Tasmania, Australia
[230]
Maria Luíza Fontenele , first woman elected mayor of
Fortaleza , Brasil
Maureen O'Connor , first woman elected mayor of
San Diego , California, United States
Jessie M. Rattley , first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of
Newport News, Virginia , United States
[231]
Lois Reed , first woman elected mayor of
Malinta, Ohio , United States
Reed served for ten minutes before tendering her resignation
[232]
1987
Maria Magnani Noya , first woman elected mayor of
Turin , Italy
Carrie Saxon Perry, first woman elected mayor of
Hartford, Connecticut , United States
Sandra Warshaw Freedman , first woman elected mayor of
Tampa, Florida , United States
[233]
May Cutler , first woman elected mayor of
Westmount, Quebec , Canada
Sue Myack , first woman elected
Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina , United States
Lottie Shackelford , first woman to serve as mayor of
Little Rock, Arkansas , United States
[234]
Laura Slate , first woman elected mayor of
Gouverneur, New York , United States
[235]
Annette Strauss , first woman elected mayor of
Dallas , Texas, United States
[236]
Betty Turner , first woman elected mayor of
Corpus Christi, Texas , United States
[237]
Helen Perkins , first woman elected mayor of
Hollandale, Mississippi , United States
also the city's first African American mayor
[238]
1988
Agnes Devanadera , first woman elected mayor of
Sampaloc, Quezon , Philippines
Elizabeth H. Dwarica , first woman elected mayor of
Leonia, New Jersey , United States
[239]
[240]
Luiza Erundina , first woman elected mayor of
São Paulo , Brazil
Eleanor McLaughlin , first woman
Lord Provost of Edinburgh , Scotland, United Kingdom
Sophie Masloff , first woman elected
Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , United States
Meyera E. Oberndorf , first woman elected mayor of
Virginia Beach, Virginia , United States
Joyce Trimmer , first woman elected mayor of
Scarborough, Ontario , Canada
[241]
Rosalia I. Umali , first woman elected Mayor of
Calapan , Philippines
1989
Annette Jäger , first female mayor of
Essen , Germany
[242] [
circular reference ]
Catherine Trautmann , first woman elected mayor of
Strasbourg , France
Jan Reimer , first woman elected mayor of
Edmonton , Alberta, Canada
Vicki Buck , first woman elected
Mayor of Christchurch , New Zealand
[243]
Krystyna Nesteruk , first woman elected mayor of
Katowice , Poland
Janice Stork , first woman elected
Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania , United States
[244]
Suzie Azar , first woman elected mayor of
El Paso, Texas , United States
Martha S. Wood , first woman elected mayor of
Winston-Salem, North Carolina , United States
[245]
Clementina Ródenas , first woman elected mayor of
Valencia , Spain
Marguerite Balenguélé-Zarambaud , first woman mayor of
Bangui , Central African Republic
[246]
1990s
Sharon Pratt Kelly was the first woman mayor of Washington, D.C. (elected in 1990, took office in 1991).
Frankfurt, Germany elected Petra Roth mayor in 1995, making her the first woman to serve the city in that capacity.
Ivi Eenmaa was the first woman mayor of Tallinn, Estonia, serving from 1997 to 1999.
From 1999 to 2009, Rosa Aguilar was the Mayor of Córdoba, the first woman in the city's history to serve in that capacity.
1990
Hazel Beard , first woman elected mayor of
Shreveport, Louisiana , United States
Franciszka Cegielska first woman elected mayor of
Gdynia , Poland
Alice Jempsa ,
Los Alamitos, California , United States
[247]
Rohani Darus Danil first woman mayor of
Tebing Tinggi , Indonesia
[248]
Marie Bednářová, first woman elected mayor of
Kladno , Czech Republic
[249]
1991
Cosetta Castagno , first woman elected mayor of
Vernon, Utah , United States
[250]
Ruth Devenney , first woman mayor of
Kiama, New South Wales , Australia
[251]
Harue Kitamura , first woman elected mayor of
Ashiya , Japan
Moira Leiper Ducharme , first woman elected mayor of
Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada
[252]
Linda Lingle , first woman elected
Mayor of Maui , Hawaii, United States
Sharon Pratt Kelly , first woman elected
Mayor of the District of Columbia , United States
[253]
Ana Rosa Payán , first woman elected mayor of
Mérida , Mexico
June Rowlands , first woman elected mayor of
Toronto , Ontario, Canada
Kaba Rougui Barry , first woman elected mayor of
Matam , Guinea
[254]
Susan Weiner , first woman elected
Mayor of Savannah, Georgia , United States
[255]
Elizabeth Brater , first woman elected
Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan , United States
Joyce Johnson , first woman mayor of
Orem, Utah , United States
[256]
Mary Kanyha , first woman mayor of
Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina , United States
[257]
1992
Deedee Corradini , first woman elected mayor of
Salt Lake City, Utah , United States
Irene Sáez, first woman elected mayor of
Chacao Municipality , Venezuela
Sonia Durán de Infante , first woman in function of mayor of
Bogotá , Colombia
Rose Janneire , first woman elected mayor of
Arima , Trinidad and Tobago
Jane Robbins , first woman elected mayor of
Pine City, Minnesota , United States
Marilyn Roman , first woman to serve as
Mayor of Jersey City , New Jersey, United States
served as acting mayor for over four months following the removal of her predecessor,
Gerald McCann , who was convicted of fraud
[258]
Ann-Marit Sæbønes , first woman elected mayor of
Oslo , Norway
M. Susan Savage , first woman elected mayor
Tulsa, Oklahoma , United States
Claire Stewart , first woman elected
mayor of New Plymouth , New Zealand
Susan Thompson , first woman elected mayor of
Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada
Fran Wilde , first woman elected
mayor of Wellington , New Zealand
[259]
Cheryll Woods-Flowers , first woman elected mayor of
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina , United States
Stella Welsh , first woman elected mayor of
Orem, Utah , United States
[260]
Welsh defeated Joyce Johnson, the first woman mayor of Orem who was appointed by the city council, in the 1991 general election
1993
Linda Blogoslawski , first woman elected mayor of
New Britain, Connecticut , United States
[261]
Eunice Britto , first woman elected mayor
Mangalore (Mangaluru), India
[262]
Rita Cutajar , first woman mayor of
Għasri (
Gozo ), and also first female mayor in
Malta
Slobodanka Gruden , first woman elected mayor of
Belgrade , Serbia
Ildikó Asztalos , first woman elected mayor of
Miskolc , Hungary
Agnethe Davidsen , first woman elected mayor of
Nuuk , Greenland
Ruth Bascom , first woman mayor of
Eugene, Oregon , United States
[263]
Frances Gibbs , first woman elected mayor of
Peekskill, New York .
[264]
Anne Jones , first woman elected mayor of
Pottstown, Pennsylvania , United States
[265]
Sylvia Kerckhoff first woman elected mayor of
Durham, North Carolina
Shirley Seney , first woman mayor of
Lake Placid, New York , United States
[266]
Judy Green , first woman to serve as mayor of
Oviedo, Florida , United States
[267]
Sharon Sayles Belton , first woman and first African-American elected mayor of
Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States
Hana Demlová, first woman elected mayor of
Pardubice , Czech Republic
[268]
1994
Patricia Candiano , first woman mayor of
Asbury Park, New Jersey , United States
[269]
Dagmar Lastovecká , first woman elected mayor of
Brno , Czech Republic
Marie-Luise Smeets , first woman elected mayor of
Düsseldorf , Germany
1995
Muriel Allerton , first woman elected mayor of
Fulton, Oswego County, New York , United States
[270]
Soledad Becerril , first elected female mayor of
Seville , Spain
Ivi Eenmaa , first woman mayor of
Tallinn , Estonia
[271]
Christine Korff , first woman elected mayor of
Port Chester, New York , United States
[272]
Mary Lou Makepeace , first woman mayor of
Colorado Springs, Colorado , United States
[273]
Petra Roth first woman elected mayor of
Frankfurt , Germany
Luisa Fernanda Rudi , first elected female mayor of
Zaragoza , Spain
Joan Shafer , first woman elected mayor of
Surprise, Arizona , United States
[274]
Saroj Singh , first woman elected mayor of
Varanasi , India
[275]
Sukhi Turner , first woman elected mayor of
Dunedin , New Zealand
[276]
Celia Villalobos , first elected female mayor of
Málaga , Spain
Rosemary Waldorf , first woman elected
Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina , United States
[277]
1996
Margaret Farquhar , first woman elected
Lord Provost of Aberdeen , Scotland, United Kingdom
Marina Matulović-Dropulić , first woman in function of mayor of
Zagreb , Croatia
(appointed 1996, elected 1997)
Eva-Riitta Siitonen , first woman elected mayor of
Helsinki , Finland
1997
Sue Bauman ,, first woman elected mayor of
Madison, Wisconsin , United States
[278]
Fay Brennan , first woman elected mayor of
Wyong, New South Wales , Australia
[279]
Jessica Maes , first woman elected mayor of
Huntington Park, California , United States
[280]
Joan Wagnon , first woman elected of mayor of
Topeka, Kansas , United States
[281]
Tokozile Xasa , first woman elected mayor of
Amathole District , South Africa
also first woman mayor in Eastern Cape
[282]
1998
Maria Clara Lobregat , first woman elected
Mayor of Zamboanga City , Philippines
Elenita Binay , first woman elected
Mayor of Makati City , Philippines
Fran Barford , first woman elected mayor of
Temple Terrace, Florida , United States
Barford ran unopposed
[283]
Roxanne Browning , first women elected mayor of
Northport, New York , United States
[284]
Janet Crampsey , first woman mayor of
Carrickfergus , Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
[285]
Miriam Feirberg , first woman elected mayor of
Netanya , Israel
Betty Flores , first woman elected mayor of
Laredo, Texas , United States
[286]
Yael German , first woman elected mayor of
Herzliya , Israel
Diane Mathis , first woman mayor of
Tulare, California , United States
Fikile Mtembu , first woman elected mayor of
Manzini , Eswatini
[287]
also first woman mayor in Swaziland
[288]
Maria O'Brien Campbell , first woman mayor of
Drogheda , Ireland
Vilma Santos , first woman elected mayor of
Lipa City , Philippines
Sarojini Yogeswaran , first woman elected mayor of
Jaffna , Sri Lanka
she was
assassinated three months into her term
[289]
Molly Mulyahati Djubaedi , first woman mayor of
Sukabumi , Indonesia
[290]
1999
Rosa Aguilar , first woman elected mayor of
Córdoba, Spain
Yolanda Barcina , first woman elected mayor of
Pamplona , Spain
Kay Barnes , first woman elected
Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri , United States
Paz Fernández , first woman elected mayor of
Gijón , Spain
Jan Laverty Jones , first woman elected
Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada , United States
Patricia Nawa , first woman elected mayor of
Lusaka , Zambia
[291]
Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of
Princeton, Indiana , United States
[292]
Rosario Robles , first woman appointed
Head of Government of the Federal District in
Mexico City , Mexico
[293]
in Mexico City, "Head of Government of the Federal District" is the equivalent of a mayor.
Theresia Samaria , first woman elected mayor of
Walvis Bay , Namibia
Frankie Seaberry , first woman elected mayor of
Centerville, Missouri , United States
[294]
Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of
Gastonia, North Carolina , United States
Helen Wright, first woman elected
Lord Provost of Dundee , Scotland, United Kingdom
Yvonne Thorne , first woman elected mayor of
Dorset Council in
Tasmania , Australia
[295]
Blanca Vela , first woman elected mayor of
Brownsville, Texas , United States
[296]
Deborah C. Whitcraft , the first woman elected mayor of
Beach Haven, New Jersey , United States
[297]
Sharon J. Bilinski , the first woman elected Mayor of
Pana, Illinois , United States, 1 May 1999.
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